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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Dura Operating, Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Scott Sharron, Lasalle, CA;
Cumhur Unveren, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Robert G. Miller, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
DURA OPERATING, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A rail system for a motor vehicle includes a structural member disposed on an exterior surface of the motor vehicle. The structural member has an inner surface connected to an upper surface, the upper surface connected to an outer surface, and the inner surface is spaced apart from the outer surface and the outer surface substantially faces away from the motor vehicle. An appliqué is attached to the structural member. The appliqué covers a bottom edge of the structural member and extends along a lower portion of the outer surface of the structural member obscuring a portion of the outer surface of the structural member.